Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1887-02-27
EARTHQUAKES AT HOME
CHARLESTON AND AUGUSTA
FEEL A SHOCK.

| A Man Alleged to Have Boon Thrown
| from Bed at the Latter Psacs-CharIeS-
ton Draws 1t MiIder-The Panic in ths
| Shaken Cities of Southern Europe Be-
ginning TO subside. .
LONDON, Feb. 26.-Monte Carlo, it ID
found, suffered less from the effects OF the
shocks OF Wednesday than any OF the
other places affected. Scientists say this
built on a rock. The hotels In Monte
Carlo are crowded to the utmost limit
of their capacity for accommodation
by the sudden enormous rush to tha
city of thousands of pleasure seekers,
frightened away from the Riviera,
especially fran Cannes, Nice. Mentone
and San Reno, all or which were thrQpas5
ed with visitors when the earthaxtG
came. The weather at Monte CafA dsl
beautiful, and the refugees from the shat
tered towns, who have recovered from
their fright, are making the most OF it.
The harbor is filed with yachts. An
enormous Influx OF fugitives fropykhe
Riviera has invaded Marseilles. The
hotels and lodging houses in the city are
crowded. Eight thousand persons arr
rived there on Thursday and Friday.
The theatre at Nice will reopen to.
night and concerts Will be resumed In
the public gardens. The college has been
reopened. A few timld persons remain
encamped outside the city.
Large crevices have developed In the
cemetery at Mentone since the earth
quakes. The cupola of the Cathedral and
the vault OF the White Penitents' Chapel
have fallen.
Another earthquake shook was felt In
Genoa this afternoon, but 1t did no dam
and manic nraufoh Thn
shocks which occurred last evening at
Manfredonia were also harmless.
THREE MORE SHOCKS.
ROME, Feb. 26.--Three more shocks "a
earthquake wers felt at Forli, In the pro-
vince OF Campobasso, yesterday. The
bodies OF twenty-four persons who were
killed by the earthquake last Wednesday
have already been taken from the ruins in
Diano Mariana, and it is known that 16f
are yet under fallen buildings. Almost
the entire population of Diano MarIanoi
are encamped on the sea shore. Three
hundred oommunes were visited by the
earthquake, and as yet reports of casuaN
ties have been received from but sixty.
THE DANGER DECLARED PASSED.
NICE, Feb. 26.-Astronomer Roberts
says that the danger from the seismi0
disturbances is passed.
SHOCK IN SOUTH CAROLINA.
CHARLESTON, S. O., Feb. 26.-About q
O'Clock this morning slight earthquakes
shock was felt here. At Summervills
and IN the adjacent country the shock
continued five seconds. The direction OF
the wave was from west to east. In one
house vase was thrown down, but M
damage was done any here. The shoc1
was 30 slight that many persons sleeping
at the time were not disturtei. 1t is the
nrst disturbance worth mentioning since
the beginning OF the new year.
THROWN OUT OF BED.
AUGUSTA, GA, Feb. 26.-Newspapes
articles stating that the earthquake IN
Europe would require about two days I'd
travel to this section having been0thors
oughly impressed upon the negroes aud
ignorant whites of this place, q
slight shock this morning has had
the effect OF striking fear to many. EA
shock occurred at 6:55 O'Clock, and nj
one instance threw a gentleman from his
bed. In some residences glassware was
thrown from sidebOards.